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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1913)
OUTM OMAHA REPORT FOR l12 Tlw following Is rori of rrwiptu Of Hvp stork hi South OniAhn for (tie year 1 ft 1 2 n cnmpttrprf to tlii previous year: Wll Csitle 1.174.:il2 Hows SfiMM Cum . . 2.977.R70 31.771 11 2 1.017. 16 2.885.244 2.950.507 12.520 92.540 Cattle Horn Shi'i Home Csra .. I nc ressp I cra Me 157.117 519.5H0 749 ITM 1.773 The decrease In rattle receipts is Attributed to Rrnerul diminution in the oat 1 1 supply of the United Ststss and to deereaalnK feeding operation in Nebraska tent winter and sprln rtiltlnR from ware My of hay, high prire of corn and conditions gener ally unfavorable to feeding in the early parti of the winter. A surpris Jam feature was that range cattle receipts In South Omaha help up with the previous year and in con equonoe prnctinlly tkm same num ber of feeder cattle went to country lota for teediitg this winter. The showing In hog receipts was especially gratlfylnK considering that the combined receipt of hogs at South Omaha, Oiieago. Kansas City, St. Joseph and St. liOiris show a net decrease of 668,000 for the year as compared to 1911. The sheep receipts held up lose if to record year In face of --serious losses In northern Wyoming; and western South Dakota, which it Is SRHruated redu'el shipments from those states :!50,(00 head. This was made up ln receipts from Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and California, all of wtartch showed splendid Increases at South Omaha. The following In the amount iiald for live mikIi at South Omaha for .1912: i'aid hy packers for local slaughter, cattle, hogs and sheep 11 .8:13,106 Paid by order Ituyers for outside packing firms . . Paid by farmors and feed ers In corn growing st a tea for cattle and sheep for feeding pur poses 25,124.614 Faid for horses S,300,QM Urand Total H7,38r.,M7 llroke all rts-ortis In total mitnlu r of head of live stock received; in number oi liogn and total amount paid for live stock run WH.UH ma 7,228,127 SCHOOL BOARO MEETING M " The ivKnl.it montlil) meeting of the board of education of the Alii awe city schooU will be held in th office of the superintendent in the High school building next Monday evening. The matter of calling a uiww-IhI election to vote bonds to re build the (Vmral school building will j . . .. ... .I.... t M,.. 'V I 1 . . I I i . 111. I Dc lasen up ai mm mm-. bers of the board are: C. A. New berry, president; U. W. Hughes, sec reiary; NV. H . Swan. W K. Spencer, Fred Mollring and K. W. Harris. COURT? USE News Thowold Johnson left test Thurs day night for Holdi-egc where he will spend a ten day vacation. Forest Lumber Co.. a corporation, has riled a suit rgninst Tnmmia Lei dy and George R. Ieldy, husband of Tamnila Ieldy, and Nebraska Cen tral Building ft Ixmn Association, a corporation, for .foreclosure. The Alliance Grocery Co., a corpor ation, by L. H. Highland, presMent, la filing a suit In the District Court against Thomas J. Iawrncce, de fendant. The Allinnce Grocery Co are taking this means of collecting costs"" The petition for divorce of Pearl I. 'heeler vs. George T. Wherter was filed about two weeks aero. Wheeler Is now in Jail for practic ing bigamy In Nebraska. Mrs. Win c! er sterns to think she fli be quite forttmate to be released from him. Stferiff C. M. Cox attended the sheriffs' convention at Fremont thtw year. He conies home with the re port that the next convention will he held at Beatrice and n tAlllance in 1914. l-efs boost. IT PAY8 TO ADVERTISE DAVE LEE WAS CONVICTED Former Alliance Man Found Guilty on Sis Counts From the OerinR Courier, Dec. 27: The hearing of the various counts against David W. Iee, erstwhile sa loon keeper for u very brief period at McGrew, was had in the district court. Saturday, the trial being pre sided over by Judge Grimes, who came here from North Platte for that purpose. There were eleven counts In (he Indictment against iee, and the Jury, after being out all night, returned a verdict finding him guilty of six of them. It Is rumored that the Jury agreed very readily upon the counts according to the verdict, but that the delay in reporting a ver dlrt was because of a desire on the part of some of the Jurors to In- hide still more counts. I'nder Hie st3tne,i"hc penalty upon esereMim4i Is a fine of $100 or an alternative of not exceeding thirty days Imprison ment. The defendant is .expected 'to appeal the case, having three days i lor that purpose allotted him by law. I This was an act Ion 'following the ab rogation of a purported license is- ; sued by the village board of McGrew, and Lee's defense was that he did not have knowledge or that., fact at the-time the sales were made to various parties upon which the infor mation was based. Mr. and Mrs. John II. Srhlrk Went I to Rdgemont on 43 Sunday for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. i Desomber, returning on 42 that ; night. 1 SPON MOVES BARBER SHOP Merchants' Three-Course Lunch SERVED AT The Drake during the entire month of January, from noon till 2 p. tn., for 35c v .1 rtnnlm i lie barber, spent New Year's day moving bis shop from 202 Hox Hutte avenue across UM I reel to the Wat son corner, 201 j Box Butte, where be has an elegant j and commodious place, for barber shop and bath house. The Herald j is. pUaaed to see him starting out j with good prospects of success In . his new location. He begins the new j u- riahl by ordering the .paper and an advertisement inserted in it. Miss Kit u Harrington, who hen eaiDloved at Norton'-s In the capsifiy of aaJssJady, lnt today 1 noon for Hastings, where she goes tor a visit wttb home folks, after srhich she will go to Lincoln to sic octi a position with the Appel Mer cantile Co., milliners. . . Harry Molyneaux, or Broken Bo, is visiting wttli 1 1 tends here tor u few days Spohn's up-to-date BARBER SHOP AND BATH HOUSE CONVENIENT LOCATION Fine Equipment Flrst-clas Workmen All our old and new customers will find u better prepared than ever before to do their work. F. J. Spohn, Proprietor Watson's Corner 201 Box Butte Ave. Alliance. Nebraska HIGHEST QUALITY. SKILL AND PERFECT CLEANLINESS A COMBINATION WHICH HAS MADE FERN DELL FOOD PRODUCTS llll BEST TO HE HAD Mallerv Grocery Co. I mm aassMM .. ' 1 , I I ' ' ' I Alliance Soon to Have the Best Telephone Service A new and modern telephone system is rapidly nearing completion in this city. The old switchboard and the old grounded lines will soon be replaced by an up-to-date plant having all-metallic circuits. This means that the "noise", the "buzzing" and the "snapping" you have heard on the old lines will be gone. It will be a real pleasure to talk over the new lines, whether you are talking locally or hundreds of miles. Over these new metallic circuits you will be able to hear just as well as if you were talking face-to-tace. iNebraska Telephone Company SALE ON Thurs., Jan. 9, 1913 we will sell on the farm known as the Sam Trenkle place, located four miles north and one and one-half miles east ot Alliance, the following household goods, poultry, horses and cattle: Horses, Harness, Hogs 1 sorrel mare, years old, weight, 1,400 pounds; 1 iron gray mare. Ji years old, weight, 1,350 pounds; 1 black mare, t years old, weight, 1,200 pounda; 1 gray mare, 6 years old, weight, 1,400. The tbove mares sre all in foal by reg stered horse. 1 bay gelding, 6 years old, weight, 1,260 pounds; 1 bay geld ing, 4 years old, weight, 1,250; 1 roan gelding, 2 years old, weight, 1,200; 1 sorrel gelding, 2 years old. weight, 1,100 pounds: 1 bay geld ing, 12 years old, weight, 1,200, good saddle horse. 41 fat hogs, 2 brood sows, 1 Po land China bosr. Cattle, Hay, Poultry House hold Goods 3 good milk cows, 2 will be fresh soon; 1 yearling heifer; 11 spring calves. s About 15 tons millet hay; 20 tons wild hay; 60 bushels millet seed; 40 bushels cowpeaa and barley, mixed. 215 chickens; 4 turkeys. 1 cream separator, nearly new Household goods and other ar ticles too numerous to mention. Wagons and Implements Machinery 3 wagons; 2 spring wagons, one nearly new; 2 disks, one nearly new; 2 riding cultivators: 2 mow ing machines nearly new; 2 has1 rows, one nearly new; 1 two-row cultivator; 1 16-inch walking plow; 1 16-inch riding plow; 1 Aspenwall potato planter; 1 Dou den potato digger; 1 Aspenwall potato cutter; 2 grindstones'. 1 hay sweep; 2 hay racks; 1 John D. liater. Sale will start promptly at ten o'clock in the morning FREE LUNCH AT NOON TERMS will be 6 months' time at 10 per cent on bankable paper on all sums over $10. All under, cash. All property to be settled for before leaving grounds Ewing and Roland, Proprietors H. P. Coursey, Auctioneer C. C. Smith, Clerk